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The Vergecast 044: Microsoft’s facelift, Apple/Samsung war heats up

The Vergecast returns this week with a special king-sized edition running two hours. Is AT&T’s decision to require a new Mobile Share plan for cellular FaceTime calls purely profit driven, or part of an international conspiracy to piss off Nilay?And in a week jam packed with news from Apple vs. Samsung, Facebook, Amazon, and Onlive, Microsoft decides to grab a piece of the spotlight with the release of a brand new logo. Resident offline sketch artist Paul Miller took his stab at drawing the logo with a little descriptive help from Josh and Nilay.

The Vergecast returns this week with a special king-sized edition running two hours. Is AT&T’s decision to require a new Mobile Share plan for cellular FaceTime calls purely profit driven, or part of an international conspiracy to piss off Nilay?And in a week jam packed with news from Apple vs. Samsung, Facebook, Amazon, and Onlive, Microsoft decides to grab a piece of the spotlight with the release of a brand new logo. Resident offline sketch artist Paul Miller took his stab at drawing the logo with a little descriptive help from Josh and Nilay.

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The Vergecast returns this week with a special king-sized edition running two hours. Is AT&T’s decision to require a new Mobile Share plan for cellular FaceTime calls purely profit driven, or part of an international conspiracy to piss off Nilay?

And in a week jam packed with news from Apple vs. Samsung, Facebook, Amazon, and Onlive, Microsoft decides to grab a piece of the spotlight with the release of a brand new logo. Resident offline sketch artist Paul Miller took his stab at drawing the logo with a little descriptive help from Josh and Nilay. See the result of Paul's efforts below. Can you tell which is the real logo?

Paulssketch


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